An innovative cancer care partnership for patients in the community

Being shortlisted as a finalist in the innovation category at the BJN Awards 2021 was a huge honour for both our nursing team and our healthcare services team at LloydsPharmacy Clinical Homecare, working in partnership with Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. A lot of time and effort has gone into designing our healthcare centre concept, which is centred around improving patient care. In 2017, when we launched our first community-based clinic, we set out to transform how and where healthcare is offered. Being recognised for being forward-thinking and working collaboratively with the NHS to achieve that vision, regardless of whether we won the award, meant a great deal to everyone involved.

LloydsPharmacy Clinical Homecare started working with Royal Surrey in 2019 to develop an innovative mobile infusion service covering Surrey and West Sussex, that delivered high-risk cancer treatments outside of a hospital setting. This was driven by the Trust's need to help reduce hospital visits and increase capacity, allowing them to free up time and space in their hospitals to focus on more urgent care needs without having to expand their operating hours.